In This Issue...

• Reflections from Gateway High School Leaders
• RESOURCE: Stymie Summer Slide with a Fun Summer Learning Program
• RESOURCE: 4 Questions to Help You Address Learning Loss
• LINK: Teaching About Race, Racism and Police Violence
• LINK: 3 Ways to Support Students' Emotional Well-Being
• LINK (With Quizzes!): Greater Good's Keys to Well-Being
• Summer Hiatus: We'll Be Back Soon!

In This Issue...

• Reflections from Gateway High School's College Counseling Team
• INSPIRATION: A Virtual Send-Off for the Class of 2020
• VIDEO: How to Teach Remotely Using Padlet
• LINK: Helping Students Discover Their Purpose
• LINK: How Do You Close the School Year During Distance Learning?
• LINK: Give Yourself a Break

In This Issue...

• Reflections from Gabrielle Sharaga, Student Partnerships Coordinator and School Counseling Intern 
• RESOURCE: Online Advisory Groups Can Rebuild Connections
• VIDEO: Let’s Make a Podcast!
• RESOURCE: Communication Guide for Students while Distance Learning
• INSPIRATION: Ted Tilles' Cooking Club @ Home
• LINK: Stress Management for Educators

In This Issue...

• Reflections from Elizabeth Colen, Eighth Grade Humanities Teacher
• RESOURCE: Distance Learning from a Student Perspective
• VIDEO: How to Use Google Classroom for Parents
• LINK: Educator AND Family Resources from Common Sense Education
• INSPIRATION: Alix Spivack’s "ES9 Corner"
• IDEA: Harry Potter Audio Book Club with Your Students
• LINK: Prioritizing Self-Care While Teaching from Home

In This Issue...

• Reflections from Suzanne Herko, Student Agency Coordinator
• RESOURCE: Distance Learning "Week at a Glance" Schedules
• LINK: Everything You Can Do with the Smithsonian Learning Lab
• VIDEO: How to Use Newsela for Remote Teaching
• LINK:  Please Do a Bad Job Putting Your Course Online
• VIDEO: Mindfulness Classes for Kids and Families

In This Issue...

• Reflections from Mary Plant-Thomas, AP Bio Teacher
• Avoiding the Dreaded Zoom Trolls
• LINK: Resources from the Center on Online Learning and Students with Disabilities
• VIDEO: How to Teach Remotely with a Google Slides HyperDocs Part II
• Resource: Distance Learning Check-In Guide

In This Issue...

• Reflections from Therese Arsenault, Math/Science Instructional Leader
• Everything You Need to Get Your Distance Classroom Up and Running
• Physical Education: Going the Distance While Social Distancing
• VIDEO: How to Teach Remotely with a Google Slides HyperDocs
• IFSEL’s Social Emotional Learning Tips for Distance Learning
• You Deserve A Night at the Opera

It has been an eventful week for us at Gateway Public Schools, as it has certainly been for most of you as well. Monday marked our first day back from Spring Break and the first day of our formal Distance Learning program, and with it the joy of “seeing” students again coupled with the anxiety of piloting a whole new way of teaching and learning for our community. Then Tuesday brought news that San Francisco would be joining the rest of the state and Bay Area in keeping campuses closed for the rest of the school year, meaning we are officially all-in on distance learning for the long haul. While this wasn’t entirely a surprise – in fact, it was the contingency staff were already planning for – the thought of our halls remaining silent for the rest of the year is, well, a bummer.

Wherever you thought the 2019-20 school year would take you, it probably wasn’t huddled over a webcam in your living room teaching students scattered across your city. But here we are, doing what educators always do even as news about the COVID-19 pandemic and shelter in place (for California) plans change daily: doing more with less, learning on the job, and honing our craft a little more every day. You are more than qualified to meet the challenge of the current moment, and our hope is our HomeRoom newsletter will be a forum to help us get there together.

Having explored student collaboration in the most recent issue of Early Impact, today we’re focusing on how to strengthen your own collaboration with colleagues.